Risophilus Brewster, 1815

Faisal, Mohammad & Singh, Sudhir, 2014, Carabid (Coleoptera) type collection at National Forest Insect Collection (NFIC), Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (India), Zootaxa 3786 (3), pp. 331-358 : 337

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Risophilus Brewster, 1815
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Genus Risophilus Brewster, 1815

Comment. This name is now regarded to be a synonym of Peliocypas Schmidt-Goebel, 1846 .

33. Risophilus gardneri Andrewes, 1933 c: 16. ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 f) 1 F; Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating. “Collection locality; INDIA: Karnataka, Fraserpet Coorg;” White label stating “ 2. xi. 1930; Sandal Insect Survey.” Remarks. Left antenna with scape only.

34. Risophilus himalayicus Andrewes, 1923 c: 688-689. Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating. “Collection locality; INDIA: Uttar Pradesh (Uttarakhand), West Almora Division, Kumaon;” White label stating. “ vi. 1917; collected by HG Champion.”

35. Risophilus ochroides Andrewes, 1933 c: 17. 1 F 1 M; Yellow label stating “Co-type”. White label stating. “Collection locality; INDIA: Karnataka, Fraserpet Coorg;” White label stating. “ 25. ii. 1931; FRI Sandal Insect Survey.”

Remarks. Right antenna is missing Middle and hind legs are missing.

Andrewes, H. E. (1923 c) LXXI. - Papers on Oriental Carabidae. - XII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 9, 12 (72), 679 - 690. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222932308632993

Andrewes, H. E. (1933 c) Entomological investigations on the spike disease of Sandal (Carabidae) (India). Indian Forest Records, 8, 1 - 21.

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FIGURE 3. Types deposited in the National Forest Insect Collection, Dehradun (India). a. Lebia ocellata Cotype; b. Lebidia bioculata Cotype; c. Lionychus himalayicus Cotype; d. Omophagus artus Cotype; e. Pericalus amplus Cotype; f. Risophilus

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Food Research Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia